
The discussion quickly escalated into an interesting debate whether temporary files and unneeded registry data can even slow down a modern Windows 10 based computer.Ī Redditor claimed that no amount of temporary files or registry junk is going to ever slow down your computer:

The thread is here, in the case you want to see it: In either case, one day I was on Reddit browsing for interesting discussions when I stumbled upon a thread at / r/pcmasterrace/ where someone was asking for an alternative for CCleaner. You can find a lot of helpful people and discussions, but you will also find a lot of toxic things. It‘s the Internet‘s truck stop where you can find almost anything. If you don‘t know, Reddit can be a weird place. Like many stories, this one also starts on Reddit. While this topic has been interesting for me for obvious reasons, I never had the time to really look into this in the form of systematic benchmark tests to answer the question: Can temporary files and registry junk slow down a Windows 10 computer? If it is real, one possible cause for the gradual slowing down of Windows computers could be the slow buildup of left-over data. While this could be some kind of placebo but the effect could also be a real phenomenon.

Many Windows users have noticed that their computer feels fast and more responsive when it‘s brand new, yet after some time it seems to get more sluggish.
